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Samuel L. Jackson,
Julianna Margulies,
Nathan Phillips,
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David R. Ellis
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: New Line Home Video
: Horror, Suspense/Thriller, Killer Critters
: 106 min.
: English
: English, Spanish
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Forget terrorists or hijackers -- there's a handful of deadly assassins aboard a jet liner and they don't even have arms or legs in this airborne thriller. Neville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson) is an FBI agent handling what seems like a routine assignment -- serving as bodyguard for Sean Jones (Nathan Phillips), a Hawaiian surfer dude who is flying to California to testify in a high-profile criminal trial after witnessing mobster Eddie Kim (Byron Lawson) murdering one of his underlings. However, Flynn's job gets a lot more challenging when he discovers Kim's associates don't want Jones to talk, and have devised a unique way to ensure his silence. A cache of highly dangerous poisonous snakes has been hidden on board the jet, and is released using a timed mechanism once the flight is well underway. The snakes quickly attack several members of the flight crew and are eagerly eying the passengers when Flynn decides its time to get medieval on the reptiles. Also starring Rachel Blanchard, Benjamin McKenzie, and Mark Houghton, Snakes on a Plane was produced under the title of Pacific Air Flight 121, but in several interviews Samuel L. Jackson expressed his enthusiasm for the script's original title, Snakes on a Plane, and the high-concept moniker quickly made the film's title and theme a favorite with bloggers and on Internet fan sites all over the world. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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by talltale
January 2, 2007 - 4:07 PM PST
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4 out of 6 members found this review helpful
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Sublimely silly beyond all expectation, SNAKES ON A PLANE is quite simply so f-ing entertaining that it plows down any objections by speedily moving on to the next dumb/fun thing before you have time to disapprove--not to mention even registering--the last one. From the opening, which moves from travelog to something surprisingly vivid and ugly, on to the get-to-know-your-passengers section, you'll be gasping, then smiling, snorting and wondering just how soon which despicable character will meet his/her doom (the results may surprise you).
Once the "Oh, oh--here they come!" arrives, you're hooked, and the pace doesn't let up until the utterly loony-tunes climax. Samuel L. Jackson is perfection (you knew he would be) and the rest of the well-chosen cast is also on the mark, no doubt having had as much fun making the movie as you are watching it. Even the goofy, self-reverential music video that ends the film is so enjoyable that you won't be able to keep your eye on the credit roll. The DVD sales/rentals should easily make up for the lack of theatrical box-office of this little zircon-in-the-rough. |
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